Since Google released Chrome last year, I've gotten used to regularly using two browsers on my PC: Google Chrome for all of my "simple" personal browsing such as webmail, and Firefox for more advanced browsing such as website development. This also tends to create a nice separation of personal (Chrome) versus work (Firefox) tasks.

However, one thing that has bothered me for some time is the (slightly) proprietary nature of Google Chrome... don't get me wrong, Chrome is built from the opensource Chromium project, so it's not all *that* proprietary, but still, something does not quite sit right with me.

So, finally we get to see the innovations of Google implemented in browser form. For those not "in the know", Google Chrome is a new browser recently "accidentally" announced by Google via this comic.

One thing I've been excited to try out is the new tabs system. I remember, back when I first got IE7, that I had a gripe with the tabs. I thought, "The tabs should be on top, so they don't get in my way." (Among other things).

Most people who know me will be somewhat surprised by the title of this post... but it's true. I do, indeed, enjoy the current iPhone craze - simply because I think some good is likely come of it :)

Specifically, there's two main positive things that I think may come from the current iPhone craze: